Notes, quotes and observations from the 4-3 win over the Astros on Thursday night at Progressive Field.

'He won the game'

The bags were full of Astros with two outs in the top of the first when Abraham Almonte took off toward the right-field wall. With the runners on the move on contact, anything over his head had a good chance to clear the bases. Yuli Gurriel's drive just kept sailing closer and closer toward the Hankook sign, just to the right of the 375-foot sign.

On the run, Almonte looked up as he approached the wall and jumped below the yellow line just as the ball arrived nearly simultaneously. As the outfielder collided with the wall, he squeezed his glove but didn't initially feel the ball in his mitt.

He quickly looked down and peeked inside to find the baseball nestled safely within his grasp. Inning over. Crisis averted.

Almonte swung his right arm in celebration and then adjusted his cap, knowing he might...

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